SPRINGFIELD—State Senator Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) had the following response to the governor’s budget address:

“This smoke-and-mirrors routine the governor continually delivers needs to end. We need a serious proposal that solves all the problems of Illinois. We need to be done with this piecemeal approach that the governor wants to take. If the governor wants to negotiate he needs to put forward a serious budget proposal, not more charades,” said Senator Link.

“This governor continues to deliver the rhetoric that doesn’t help Illinois families. Today in his speech, the governor has continued to ignore those trying to better themselves with a college education.”

“Those who have been harmed the most show us that this is more than about the budget. This is about the seniors and students who don’t care about this agenda that the governor keeps trying to force through. They want a spending plan that puts the state back on a path to prosperity.”